Kevin Sucher, a name familiar to longtime followers of the Milwaukee music scene, is getting into the record label business. He's been tapped as president and CEO of Truth Records. He will also be overseeing the start-up's music publishing and artist management departments.

Sucher has been involved in a number of musical endeavors in Milwaukee, including playing in late bands Sister Moon and Gerard with Eric Benet. Benet recorded his 2008 album "Love and Life" at Sucher's Laboratory Recording Studio downtown; the album went on to be nominated for two Grammys. Sucher also served as Benet's tour manager in 2009 and has worked with popular artists like Train, Robbie Williams and Hall & Oates, among others. | Feb. 14, 2013»Read Full Article

Hank the dog helps show off T-shirts that will be for sale starting Tuesday at at the Brewers Team Store by Majestic at Miller Park. With the purchase of any Hank item, 20% of the retail price will be donated to the Wisconsin Humane Society.

Hank the Brewers dog will make his first Miller Park appearance at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Fans will be able to get photos with Hank until 8 a.m.

A crowd gathered at Concourse C at Mitchell International Airport on Sunday night to welcome home Hank, the former stray adopted by the Brewers during spring training in Phoenix. Some fans, such as Loetta Czysz, who works first shift at the airport, came just to see the famous Hank. | March 16, 2014»Read Full Article(73)

You walk out of an Eileen Ivers concert reminded that you're a citizen of the world — a citizen whose face is sore from grinning and whose shins ache from two hours of unabated foot tapping, but a citizen of the world nonetheless.

Plays about genius are legion, reflecting our endless fascination with these blessed conduits to worlds beyond our own. Plays about mediocrities? Not so much; such beings simply aren't as interesting.

Even in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" — a fictionalized redo of actual events, now being produced by The World's Stage Theatre Company under Catie O'Donnell's direction — composer Antonio Salieri isn't truly a mediocrity. But he himself often feels like one, given that he's making music in the same 1780s Vienna inhabited by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. | March 16, 2014»Read Full Article

With more than 2,000 bands playing official showcases alone, there's far too much music for any one person to take in at the South By Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas. So we reached out to locals who made the trek to Texas this year and asked who their favorite artists were that they saw during SXSW.

"The Strypes, a group of teenagers, 16 and 17 years old, who borrow from garage band greats, make it a sound all their own and ooze cool. Just insanely good." - Jacent Jackson, program director, WLUM-FM (102.1) | March 16, 2014»Read Full Article

Like Rocky prepping for a big bout, I thought I was ready for South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, this year. This was a return trip for me, so I knew the lay of the land. I stayed closer to the action this time out (thanks again, Uncle Francois and Aunt Julie). I have a full year covering concerts and festivals late at night under my belt. And I have nine-month-old twin girls who've trained me to operate on minimal sleep (they're like my own little Burgess Merediths).

But after five exhausting days of shows and deadlines, I feel like I've been flung around violently on a mechanical pig. But at least I'm not covered in puke. | March 16, 2014»Read Full Article

Irish family

The people at Irish Fest agree that for St. Patrick's Day, everybody is Irish, and that's why we're all invited to a family party today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Center, 1532 N. Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa. The party features Irish music, the Trinity Irish Dancers and demonstrations by the Milwaukee Hurling Club. There will be things for children to do and lessons in the Irish drum, the bodhran. Visitors can take a tour of the Ward Irish Music Archives, too. The party is free; food and beverages will be available for purchase. | March 16, 2014»Read Full Article